Threats to the nation

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The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

Frederick Douglass

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Threats to the nation National character

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Frederick Douglass

Source

We are Confronted by a New Administration

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Douglass, Frederick. "We are Confronted by a New Administration." 23rd Anniversary of the Emancipation of Slaves. 16 Apr. 1885, Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, Washington, DC, USA.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

James Monroe

First Inaugural Address of James Monroe

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Moral decline Threats to the nation Threats to freedom Political theory

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James Monroe

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First Inaugural Address of James Monroe Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

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Monroe, James. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1817, Front steps, Old Brick Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.